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Article #3787Re: Internet for the Completely Ignorant
From: Rich Alderson
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 20:36
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 20:36
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In article <1991Jun12.194021.2478@hermesa.uucp>, mark@hermesa (Mark McWiggins) writes:
>I'm not *completely* ignorant, but I've been a uucp-only Usenet user for
>some years, and my organization now has an Internet number. We're unsure
>of all our options and would generally like background on the setup of
>the Internet, etc.
>
>Can you recommend a book or other information resource for somebody
>in this position? Thanks in advance.
I would recommend that you obtain Internet RFC 1118 ("The Hitchhikers Guide to the Internet") and perhaps RFC 1180 ("TCP/IP tutorial").
--
Rich Alderson 'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take
Tops-20 Mgr. such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.'
AIR, Stanford --J. R. R. Tolkien,
alderson@alderson.stanford.edu _The Lost Road_
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